In this paper, a socially responsible supply chain consisting of one supplier and one retailer is proposed. The supplier decides on replenishment cycle multiplier and the retailer invests in corporate social responsibility (CSR) and decides on the order-up-to-level under a periodic review replenishment policy. The retailer’s decisions impact on the supplier’s probability as well as the supply c...

Abstract We study theoretically and empirically the relation between altruism incentive contract design. Theoretically, we extend Fischer Huddart (2008) to investigate how social norms reinforce managers’ altruistic preferences, thus affecting optimal design related strength performance measurement. Empirically, draw on notion of an organization’s work climate capture preferences. Using data co...

earlier this year, illumina inc. and life technologies inc. each announced new products that can sequence a genome for $1,000 in a single day (1); approximately 3 million times cheaper than the cost during the Human Genome Project back in the early part of the last decade. Furthermore, cloud-based, big-data software companies are capable of using whole-and partial-genome sequencing to automate ...

Nicole Hassoun’s Globalization and Global Justice: Shrinking Distance, Expanding Obligations (2012) offers a novel argument for the existence of positive rights for the world’s poor, and explores institutional alternatives suitable for the realization of those rights. Hassoun’s argument is contractualist (in the broad sense), and makes the existence of positive rights depend upon the conditions...